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Current Students & Postdoctoral Fellows
Ph.D. Students
- Jikai Hou
- Yihong Gu
- Jinhang Chai
- Cheng Gao
- Jiawei Ge
- Shangge Tang
- Yiheng Zheng
- Xiaonan Zhu
- Yihan He
Postdoctoral Fellows
Ph.D. Theses Supervised
Student | Thesis & First Employment |
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Yuling Yan, ``Statistical Learning and Optimal Decision Making under Uncertainty'', Princeton University, June, 2023. First job: MIT (PD) + University of Wisconsin at Madison |
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Mengxin Yu, ``High-dimensional Robust Statistics Inference'', Princeton University, May, 2023. First job: University of Pennsylvania (PD) |
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Bingyan Wang, ``Statistical analysis on convex and nonconvex methods for low-rank matrix recoveries", Princeton University, May, 2023. First job: D.E. Shaw First job: D.E. Shaw |
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Pierre Bayle, ``Survival analysis in distributed and high-dimensional environments and theory of cross-validation'', Princeton University, February 2023 First job: Tower Research. |
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Igor Silin, "High-dimensional statistics under covariance eigenvalue decay", Princeton University, September, 2022. First Job: Two Sigma Investments |
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Francesca Tang, "Statistical Machine Learning Meets Social Science", Princeton University, August, 2022. First Job: Princeton University, Department of Politics |
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Yongyi Guo, "Computationally and Statistically-efficient Methods in Data Science", Princeton University, June, 2022. First Job: University of Wisconsin at Madison |
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Daniel Gitelman, "Tensor methods for network analysis", Princeton University, May, 2022. First Job: Goldman Sachs |
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Zhuoran Yang, "Topics in the statistical and computational complexities of modern machine learning", Princeton University, April, 2022. First Job: Yale University |
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Lirong Xue, "Big data in financial economics", Princeton University, July, 2021. First Job: Jane Street |
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Yifeng Zhou, "Mean-variance functional estimation for optimal portfolios", Princeton University, May, 2021. First Job: Tower Research |
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Wenyan Gong, "Sparse Estimation for High-Dimensional Statistical Problems", Princeton University, May, 2020. First Job: Two Sigma Investments |
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Cong Ma, "Statistics Meets Nonconvex Optimization: Computational Efficiency and Uncertainty Quantification", Princeton University, May, 2020. First Job: University of Chicago |
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Kaizheng Wang, "Latent Variable Models: Spectral Methods and Non-convex Optimization", Princeton University, May, 2020. First Job: Columbia University |
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Thomas Patrick Pumir, "On the geometric structure of problems in statistics and optimization", Princeton University, January, 2020. First Job: Voleon Group |
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Yiqiao (Joe) Zhong, "Spectral Methods and MLE: A Modern Statistical Perspective", Princeton University, May, 2019. First Job: Stanford |
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Carson Eisenach, "Modern Optimization for Statistics and Learning", Princeton University, May, 2019. First Job: Amazon |
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Koushiki Bose, "Robust Dependence-Adjusted Methods for High Dimensional Data", Princeton University, May, 2018. First Job: Prudential Financial |
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Junwei Lu, " Combinatorial Inference for Large-Scale Data Analysis", Princeton University, June, 2018. First Job: Harvard University |
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Ziwei Zhu, "Distributed and Robust Statistical Learning", Princeton University, May, 2018. First Job: University of Cambridge and University of Michigan |
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Yuyan Wang, "Robust High-Dimensional Regression and Factor Models", Princeton University, June, 2016. First Job: Uber |
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Weichen Wang, "High-dimensional covariance learning", Princeton University, June, 2016. First Job: Two Sigma |
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Alexander Furger, "High-frequency Asset Factor Models: Applications to Covariance Matrix Estimation and Risk Management", Princeton University, May, 2015. First Job: Trade Logic Developer at Transmarket Group |
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Lucy Xia, "Statistical Methods for Complex Datasets", Princeton University, May, 2015. First Job: Stanford University, University of Virgina |
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Jiawei Yao, "Factor Models: Testing and Forecasting", Princeton University, November, 2014. First Job: Citadel |
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Wei Dai, "Statistical Methods in Finance", Princeton University, May, 2014. First Job: Dimensional Fund Advisors |
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Tracy Zheng Ke, "Inference on Large-scale Structures", Princeton University, May, 2014. First Job: University of Chicago |
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Martina Mincheva, "High-Dimensional Covariance Matrix Estimation and Financial Applications", Princeton University, May, 2014. First Job: Temple University |
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Chintan Mehta, "Rank-based Inference for Independent Component Analysis", Princeton University, May, 2014. First Job: Yale University |
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Xiaofeng Shi, "Large Portfolios' Risks and High-Dimensional Factor Models", Princeton University, May, 2014. First Job: Temasek Holdings |
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Ahmet Emre Barut, "Variable selection and prediction in high dimensional problems", Princeton University, June, 2013. First Job: George Washington University |
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Xin Tong, "Learning with asymmetry, high dimension and social networks'', Princeton University, June, 2012. First Job: University of Southern California |
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Weijie Gu, "Estimating False Discovery Proportion Under Covariance Dependence'', Princeton University, June, 2012. First Job: Morgan Stanley |
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Dacheng Xiu, "Essays in Financial Econometrics'', Princeton University, May, 2011. First Job: University of Chicago |
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Lei Qi, "Essays on the estimation of time series models", Princeton University, May, 2011. First Position: Hedge Fund |
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Jelena Bradic, "Sparse estimation and oracle properties of regularized regression with non-polynomial dimensional covariates'', Princeton University, May, 2011. First Position: University of California at San Diego |
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Yang Feng, ``High-dimensional Learning and Nonparametric Modeling'', Princeton University, May, 2010. First Position: Columbia University |
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Ke Yu,``High-frequency data based asset allocation and dynamic covariance matrix modeling'', Princeton University, May, 2010. First Position: J.P. Morgan |
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Ying Lu, ``Advance in Statistics Theory and Methods for Social Sciences'', June, 2009, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
First Position New York University |
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Jingjin Zhang, ``Asset Allocation with Gross Exposure Constraints and Factor Selection", Princeton University, May, 2009.
First Position: Barclay Capital |
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Yue Niu, "Validation Tests and Estimation of GenewiseVariance for Microarray Data", Princeton University, January, 2009. First Position: University of Arizona |
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Clifford Lam, "Wai-Fung (Clifford) Lam, "High-dimensional profile likelihood inference and covariance matrices estimation", Princeton University, May, 2008. First Position: London School of Economics and Political Sci. |
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Jinchi Lv, "High-dimensional variable selection and covariance matrix estimation", Princeton University, May, 2007. First Position: University of Southern California |
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Yingying Fan, "Volatility matrix estimation and high-dimensional classification", Princeton University, May, 2007. First Position: University of Southern California |
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Jianzhong Lin, "Indirect inference for continuous-time diffusion process with discretely sampled observations", Chinese University of Hong Kong, August, 2004.
First Position: Shanghai Jiao-tong University |
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Tao Huang, "New developments in varying-coefficient partially linear models", University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, May 2004.
First Position: University of Virgina |
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Heng Peng, "Data-analytic modeling for High-dimensional statistical problem", October 2003.
First Position: Hong Kong Baptist University |
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Run-Ze Li, "High dimensional modeling via nonconcave penalized likelihood and local likelihood", University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, April, 2000.
First Position: Pennsylvania State University |
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Chunming Zhang, "Topics in Generalized Likelihood Ratio Test", University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, April, 2000.
First Position: University of Wisconsin at Madison |
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Jin-Ting Zhang, "Smoothed functional data analysis", University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, July, 1999.
First Position: National Singapore University |
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Jianwei Chen, "Local quasi-likelihood estimation and optimal Bayesian sampling plans for censoring data", Chinese University of Hong Kong, May, 1999.
First Position: San Diego State Univ. |
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Wenyang Zhang, "Local polynomial fitting in nonparametric regression", Chinese University of Hong Kong, November, 1998.
First Position: University of Bath. |
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Martine King, "Local likelihood and local partial likelihood in hazard regression", University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, August, 1997.
First Position: Abbott Laboratories |
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Sheng-Kuei Lin, "Test of significance when data are curves", University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, August, 1997. |
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Mark Farmen, "The smoothed boorstrap for variable bandwidth selection and some results in nonparametric logistic regression", University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, April, 1996. |
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Li-shang Huang, "On nonparametric estimation and goodness-of-fit", University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, July, 1995.
First Position: Florida State University |
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Ming-Yen Cheng, "On boundary effects of smooth curve estimators", University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, April, 1994.
First Position: National Taiwan University |
Postdoctoral Fellows Supervised
Postdoc | Institution |
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Sohom Bhattacharya(18-21)
First Institution: University of Florida |
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Debarghya Mukherjee(22-23)First Institution: Boston University |
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Zhipeng Lou (20-23)
First Institution: University of Pittsburgh |
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Alexander Giessing (18-21)
First Institution: University of Washington at Seattle |
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Yang Zhou (19-21)
First Institution: Fudan University |
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Yi Chen (18-19)
First Institution: University of California at Berkeley and NYU |
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Bai Jiang (17-19)
First Institution: ByteDance Silicon Valley Research Lab |
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Krishna Balasubramanian (17-18)
First Institution: University of California at Davis |
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Haolei Weng (17-18)
First Institution: Michigan State University |
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Qiang Sun (15-17)
First Institution: University of Toronto |
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Wenxin Zhou (15-17)
First Institution: University of California at San Diego |
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Donggyu Kim (16-17)
First Institution: Korean Institute of Technology |
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Yuan Ke (15-17)
First Institution: Pennsylvania State University |
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Xiaolin Yang (15-17)
First Institution: Amazon Inc. |
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Dong Wang (16-17)
First Institution: Hong Kong University |
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Heather Battey (14-16)
First Institution: Imperial College |
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Quefeng Li (13-15)
First Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Dan Christina Wang (12-15)
First Institution: Columbia University |
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Zhao Chen (12-14)
First Institution: Pennsylvania State University |
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Lingzhou Xue (11-13)
First Institution: Pennsylvania State University |
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Runlong Tang (11-13)
First Institution: Virginia Institute of Technology |
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Yuan Liao (10-12)
First Institution: University of Maryland |
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Michael Innerman (11-12)
First Institution: Lehigh University |
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Yunbei Ma (10-12)
First Institution: Southwest University of Economics and Finance |
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Anneleen Verhasselt (12-12)
First Institution: Universiteit Antwerpen |
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Xu Han (09-11)
First Institution: Temple University |
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Ning Hao (09-10)
First Institution: University of Arizona |
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Junshao Guo (09-10)
First Institution: Institute of Applied Mathematics |
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Rui Song (08-09)
First Institution: Colorado State University |
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Yingying Li (08-09)
First Institution: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
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Weiwei Wang (08-09)
First Position: University of Texas |
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Qingfeng Liu (07-08)
First Institution: Otaru University. |
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Sebastien De Veiga (07-08) |
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Yichao Wu (06-08)
First Institution: NC State University |
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Jiancheng Jiang (06-07)
First Institution: University of North Carolina, Charlott |
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Heng Peng (03-06)
First Institution: Hong Kong Baptist University |
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Yong Zhou (01-01, 02-04)
First Institution: Institute of Applied Mathematics |
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Chong-Qi Zhang (02-03)
First Institution: Guangzhou University |
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Huazhen Lin (02-03)
First Institution: Southwest University of Economics and Finance |
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Juan Gu (02-03)
First Institution: Guanfa Securities |
Master Theses Supervised
Student | Masters |
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Tsz-ho Yim, "A data-driven bandwidth selector for estimating conditional density function", Chinese University of Hong Kong, June 2003. |
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Wing-Man Chan, "Estimation of value at risk using parametric regression techniques", Chinese University of Hong Kong, June 2003. |
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Wentao Yan, "Model-guided Nonparametric Option Pricing", Princeton University, May 2009. |
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Boyang Song, "Topics in Equity and Energy Risks", Princeton University, June 2014. |
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Byron Vickors, "Robust inference of risks of large portfolios", Princeton University, January 2017. |
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Lirong Xue, "Robust Analysis of Financial Big Data: Prediction of Asset Returns and Inference in Risk of Large Portfolios", Princeton University, May 2017. |
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Tiangge Huang, "Application of Merton-KMV Model with Regression Analysis and Machine Learning in Publicly-Listed Company in China", Princeton University, May 2019. |
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Henry Guanghong Fu, "Predicting Credit Risk in Consumer Loan: A Machine Learning Approach Using Multimodal Features", Princeton University, May 2020. |
Senior Theses Supervised
2022
Student | Thesis Title |
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Qing Huang | Model Calibration and Data Augmentation for Predicting Personal Loan Performance |
Thomas "Jack" Roberts | Does the House Always Win? Using Machine Learning to Identify Profitable Opportunities in Sports Wagering Strategies |
Andre Yin | Constructing Equity Trading Stragegies Based on Macroeconomic Event Analysis |
Helena Yu | Multi-factor risk models for commodities in a regime-switching environment |
2021
Student | Thesis Title |
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Tiger Chen | The Theoretical Financialization of Betting Exchanges as an Investible Asset Class |
Alexander Engstrom | Sentimental Value: The Viability of Momentum and News Sentiment in Stock Price Prediction Models \& The Impact of Retail Investors |
Christopher Yang | Trading under Crisis: A Study of Stock Pricing in the COVID Markets |
Kevin You | Short-Term Stock Price Prediction Using High-Dimensional Techniques |
2020
Student | Thesis Title |
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Trevor Carney |
A Modern Look at Hedge Fund Activism Performance and the Impact of Target Company Characteristics |
Tony Chen | Factor-adjusted regularized model selection for logistic regression in the presence of missing data |
Lencer Ogutu | Improving Accuracy of Counterfactual Estimation for Sales Forecasting Using an Ensemble of ARIMA, ANN and BSTS |
Albert Wang | Machine Learning Methods on Fundamentals and Momentum for Long-Term Long/Short Equity Trading Strategies in the High Growth Technology Sector |
2019
Student | Thesis Title |
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Timothy Lou | Improving Estimation of Factor Risk Premia via Robust Covariance Techniques |
Kate Wang | Chinese Hedge Funds: Understanding Performance with CAPM and Factor Analysis |
2018
Student | Thesis Title |
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Augstina de la Fuente | Game of Shows: Using Linear Regression and Integer Programming to Optimize Television Ratings |
Anna Erkalova | Discrimination in the criminal justice system: a mechanism for balancing misclassification by race |
Ifeyinwa Ikpeazu | Show me the money: Utilizing applied time-series to increase credit access for small and medium business in Nigeria |
Vincent Lu Xia | Equity Return Prediction with Augmented Regression and Factor Models |
Emily Huang | Deep Learning Models for Neural Encoding: Primate Retinal Response to Full-Field Binary White Noises |
2017
Student | Thesis Title |
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Catherine Hua | Trading Strategies Based on Machine Learning Predictions of Long-term Stock Price Movement in the Healthcare Industry |
Joseph Lee | Identifying factors that influence musical inclination using regularized regression methods |
Jennifer Peng | Using Differential Expression Analyses of Transcriptomes to Examine Gene Dysregulation in Autism |
Alexandra Toth | The January Effect in the U.S. Equity Market: Prevalence within Market Capitalization and Sector |
Susanna Chen Yu | Comparising normalization methods for differential expression analysis on RNA-Sequence data autism patient samples |
2016
Student | Thesis Title |
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Edward D. Xiao | Equity Portfolio Optimization using Latent Factor Models |
Sinan Zhang | An Analysis of Real Estate Investment Trust: Dynamic Correlations with Stock, Bond, Real Estate, and Consumption |
2015
Student | Thesis Title |
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Christina J Efthimion | An Examination of Stochastic Models for Crude Oil |
Joanna McPherson | There Will Be Blood: The Future of The United State鈥檚 Blood Supply |
Charlotte Lee Muller | An Empirical Analysis and Optimization of Carry and Momentum Strategies in the Foreign Exchange Market |
Liukun Wu | Vector Autoregression Analysis of the Sovereigen Credit Default Swaps Returns of Eurozone Economies |
2014
Student | Thesis Title |
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Christine Feng | Exploring the Influence of Technology M&A Through Patents, R\&D Spending, and Market Valuation |
James R. Feng | A Vector Autoregression Analysis of Quantitative Easing's Housing Sector Impacts in the United States |
Carmina Aguilar Mancenon | Leveraging Public Policy to Increase Capital Pools for Technology Startups in Turkey and Jordan |
Lucia Wang | A comparison of Modeling Techniques for Time-Varying Beta in Asia-Pacific Real Estate Investment Trusts |
2013
Student | Thesis Title |
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Michael W. Markiewicz | Exploring the Development and Use of a Multinomial Logit Model to Improve Betting Returns at Saratoga Race Course |
Qizhao Weng | False Discoveries in Exchange-Traded Fund Performances: Identifying ETFs that outperform the Market |
2012
Student | Thesis Title |
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Edgar Dobriban | Regularity Properties of Random Matrices and Applications |
Yiran Lillian Ma | Sensitivity Analysis on a Transitive-State Markov Model of Diabetes |
Natalie H. Shoup | Sustainable Energy Economics: Optimizing the Integration of Renewables in Guatemala |
Jonathan H. Wang | Explaining Credit Default Swap Premia: Analyzing the relationship between global CDS spreads and stochastically modeled corporate default probabilities |
2011
Student | Thesis Title |
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Danqi (Lily) Shen | Forecasting Unemployment Rates With Spatial Autocorrelation and Regional Heterogeneity |
Anthony T. Soroka | The Russell Reconstitution: Technical Treading Strategies |
Ivan Kleinfeld | Judging the Judges: A Study of Analysts' Performance from 2008-2010 |
2010
Student | Thesis Title |
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Nihong Chu | An investigation of factors affecting real estimate price in China |
Gillette, Paige Dyan | Excessively conservative attitudes to financial instruments and low-risk hedging: A contextual model proposed for the national budget of Trinidad and Tobago |
William Harvey | The attributes to win actions |
2009
Student | Thesis Title |
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David Laslett | A Statistical Approach to Verbal Autopsies: Methods to Enhance Performance and Accuracy |
Chiao Megan | Determinants of stock market returns in emerging markets. |
Laurissa Yee | An analysis of CDS index pricing. |
Shriya Raghavan | Comovements of high-yield bonds and equity of firms under varying market conditions. |
Collin Daniel McCarthy | Greed in Corporate America. |
Stanley Liu | Is big more beautiful in venture capital financing? |
2008
Student | Thesis Title |
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Nan Yin | Forcasting volatility: Option Implied Volatility vs. Historic High-Frequency and Low-Frequency Volatility |
Michael B. Casewell | Covariate Selection for Intensity-Based Credit Risk Models. |
2007
Student | Thesis Title |
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James S. Tate | The game behind the game: An analysis of baseball player evaluation models. |
2006
Student | Thesis Title |
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Evan Coopersmith | Asymmetric objectives & Inefficient Markets: A Non-Parametric Predictor for Baseball Games and the Evaluation of Betting Lines. |
Darius Crator | Towards an American Model: The Impact of Venture Capital Investment Characteristics on Performance: A Comparative Study of the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. |
Caroline W. Holst | Evaluating the Hedge Fund Hype: Is There a Truer Performance Profile of Hedge Funds? |
Mark C. Price | Modern Examination of Investor Sentiment Theory behind the Closed-End Fund Discount. |
2005
Student | Thesis Title |
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Elisa Cheung | Credit spread dynamics and Macro-economy: An empirical investigation. |
Cyrena Chih | An analysis of the Practical Application of Parimutuel Pricing Systems on the Foreign Exchange Market. |
Christopher Kirk | A method to March madness: Logistic regression and the NCAA tournament. |
Rodrigo J. Montoya | Stochastic modeling of the PCS Loss Index: A sensitivity analysis and its implications for catastrophe bond pricing models. |
Jenny Tsai | Migration and Institutionalized exclusion in Shanghai. |
2004
Student | Thesis Title |
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Cathy Shu | An epidemiological study on the growing problem of obesity in China. |
Edward Tsui | Evaluation and improvement of technical trading rules on the foreign exchange market. |